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Quran Maqasid

Surah Fussilat, verse 12

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فقضاهن سبع سماوات في يومين واوحى في كل سماء امرها وزينا السماء الدنيا بمصابيح وحفظا ذلك تقدير العزيز العليم

So he completed them As seven firmaments In two Days, and He Assigned to each heaven Its duty and command. And We adorned The lower heaven With lights, and (provided it) With guard. Such Is the Decree of (Him) The Exalted in Might, Full of knowledge.

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  • Verse 12 of 54
  • Juz 24
  • Page 478

Word by word

  1. فَقَضَىٰهُنَّThen He completed themfaqaḍāhunna
  2. سَبْعَ(as) sevensabʿa
  3. سَمَـٰوَاتٍۢheavenssamāwātin
  4. فِىinfī
  5. يَوْمَيْنِtwo periodsyawmayni
  6. وَأَوْحَىٰand He revealedwa-awḥā
  7. فِىinfī
  8. كُلِّeachkulli
  9. سَمَآءٍheavensamāin
  10. أَمْرَهَا ۚits affairamrahā
  11. وَزَيَّنَّاAnd We adornedwazayyannā
  12. ٱلسَّمَآءَthe heavenl-samāa
  13. ٱلدُّنْيَا[the world]l-dun'yā
  14. بِمَصَـٰبِيحَwith lampsbimaṣābīḥa
  15. وَحِفْظًۭا ۚand (to) guardwaḥif'ẓan
  16. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  17. تَقْدِيرُ(is the) Decreetaqdīru
  18. ٱلْعَزِيزِ(of) the All-Mightyl-ʿazīzi
  19. ٱلْعَلِيمِthe All-Knowerl-ʿalīmi

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